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| ABS | American Bureau of Shipping |
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| AD | German working commission for pressure vessels |
| AEF | Committee for units and dimensions in DIN |
| AFM | German working commission for measurement in production |
| AFNOR | French standards organization |
| AGR | German working commission for rationalization |
| AIF | German working Commission of industrial research associations |
| AISI | American Iron and Steel Institute |
| ANS | American National Standard (formerly : USAS [see ANSI]) |
| ANS | American Nuclear Society |
| ANSI | American National Standard Institute |
| API | American Petroleum Institute |
| ASA | American Standards Association (now : ANSI) |
| ASHRAE | American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers, Inc. |
| ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers |
| AUMA | Exhibitions and trade fairs committee of the German industry |
| AVI | Association of German iron and metal working industries |
| AWF | German committee for efficient production |
| BAM | German materials testing institution |
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| BASEEFA | British Approvals Service for Electrical Equipment in Flamable Atmospheres |
| BDI | Federation of German industry |
| BMA | German ministry of labor and social affairs Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales |
| BSI | British Standards Institution |
| BV | Bureau Veritas |
| BVS | German mining test laboratory (Dortmund) |
| CEE | International Commission for conformity certification of electrical equipment |
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| CEI | International electrical engineering commission |
| CEN | European committee for the co-ordination of standards |
| CENELEC | European committee for electrotechnical standardization |
| CIPM | International committee for weights and measures |
| CSA | Canadian Standards Association |
| DBGM | German utility model |
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| DBP | German patent |
| DECHEMA | German association of chemical process equipment |
| DGWK | German society for product marking Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Warenkennzeichnung |
| DIN | German standards institute |
| DK | Universal decimal classification |
| DKD | German calibration service |
| DNV | Det Norske Veritas |
| DVGW | German association of gas and water specialists |
| DVM | German materials testing association |
| DVS | German welding association |
| EC | European Community |
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| EN | European standard |
| E Sti (SEV) | Electrosuisse – SEV Verband für Elektro-, Energie- und Informationstechnik Eidg. Starkstrominspektorat |
| FMRC | Factory Mutual Research Corporation |
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| GL | Germanischer Lloyd |
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| GS | Stamp of approval : “Tested for safety” |
| GVT | German process engineering research association |
| IEC | International Electrotechnical Commission |
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| IFAC | Inetrnational Association of Automatic Control |
| IP | International protection code |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| KBFI | Actuating device for pipe-chamber feeders of hydraulic transport equipments Köponti Bàyàzati Fejlesztéi Intéet |
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| KTA | German nuclear technology committee |
| LN | German aviation standard |
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| LRS | Lloyd’s Register of Shipping |
| MKSA system | Metre-Kilogram-Second-Ampere system |
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| MOT | Ministry of Transport |
| NAMUR | German working commission for measurment and control in the chemical industry |
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| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
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| OIML | International organization for legal measurement |
| ÖNORM | Austrian standard |
| PRS | Polski Rejestr. Statkow |
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| PTB | German physical and technical test institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) |
| RAL | German committee for terms of delivery and quality assurance (part of the German standards committee) |
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| REFA | German association for time and motion studies |
| R.I.N.A. | Italian Shipping Register, Registro Italiano Navale |
| RKW | Rationalization board of the German industry |
| SAA | Standard Association of Australia |
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| SI | International units system |
| SNV | Swiss standards association |
| SUN | International Committee of Symbols, Units and Nomenclature |
| TEWI | Total equivalent warming impact |
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| TRAC | Technical rules for acetylene systems and calcium carbide stocks |
| TÜV | Technical Monitoring Association, Technischer Überwachungs-Verein |
| UL | Underwriters Laboratories Inc.® (USA) |
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| UVVEN | German accident prevention regulations |
| VAWS | Verordnung über Anlagen zum Umgang mit wassergefährdenden Stoffen und über Fachbetriebe |
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| VBG | Federation of German employer’s liability insurance associations |
| VDE | Association of German electrical engineers |
| VDI | Association of German engineers |
| VDPG | Association of German physics societies |
| VDS | Association of property insurance companies |
| VdTUV | Association of German technical inspectorates |
| VG-Norm | German defense equipment standard |
| VSM | Standards published by the standards office of the association of Swiss machines. |